Intermittent inhaled corticosteroids in infants with episodic wheezing

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 1998-2005

  Bisgaard, Hans ^a   Hermansen, Mette Northman ^a   Loland, Lotte ^a   Halkjaer, Liselotte Brydensholt ^a   Buchvald, Frederik ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 33646480059     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa054692     Document Type: Article

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